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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    26S46: What's in a Name?: Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
    Location: W187A-C
    Moderator: Kristina Clark, PhD, MBBS, MRCP – University of Oxford
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in the Skin
    Location: W187A-C
    Speaker: John Varga, MD – University of Michigan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathologic Fibroblasts in the Lung
    Location: W187A-C
    Speaker: Tatsuya Tsukui, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Central Time
    26S63: Ebbs and Flow: Endothelial Alterations in Systemic Sclerosis
    Location: W187A-C
    Moderator: Francesco Boin, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Moderator: Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD, MHS – UT Health Houston
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Central Time
    Senescence and the Scleroderma Vasculature: A New Lens on Disease Mechanisms
    Location: W187A-C
    Speaker: Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Central Time
    Dysregulated Angiogenesis in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
    Location: W187A-C
    Speaker: Benjamin Korman, MD – University of Rochester
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    27M10: Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Location: W375B
    Moderator: Alana Haussmann, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles
    Moderator: Lorinda Chung, MD;MS – Stanford University
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1.00
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    Personalized Approach to Screening and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Location: W375B
    Speaker: Kristin B. Highland, MD, MS – Cleveland Clinic
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    Novel Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissues: A Cardiology Perspective
    Location: W375B
    Speaker: Benjamin Freed, MD – Northwestern
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    28T29: Challenges and Solutions for Management of Raynaud's Phenomenon
    Location: W375C
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Arissa Young, MD – UCLA
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1.00
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    Practical Approach to Nailfold Capillaroscopy for the Busy Rheumatologist
    Location: W375C
    Speaker: Tracy Frech, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Emerging Strategies for Evaluating and Treating Raynaud's Phenomenon and Digital Ulcer
    Location: W375C
    Speaker: John Pauling, PhD, BSc, FRCP, MBBCH – North Bristol NHS Trust & University of Bristol Medical School
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    29W01: Say Cheese: Oral Health in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Location: W183A-C
    Moderator: Cristina Padilla, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1.00
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Central Time
    Overview of Periodontal and Gingival Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Location: W183A-C
    Speaker: Andrew Leask, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    Treatment Options for Oral Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Location: W183A-C
    Speaker: Natalia Trehan, DMD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina